Coaching High School Water Polo 3-Pack

Product Description

Discover fun, competitive games to condition your athletes and kick off your season

Includes pre-season and competitive season training plan

Get a detailed outline for off season skill development, strength training and conditioning

with Don Stoll,Head Coach El Toro CA High School,7xState Championships, 12x CIF Coach of the Year

Here's a DVD for novice and veteran coaches alike. Beginners will learn how design well-rounded, results-driven practice sessions while seasoned coaches will gain new insights into developing stronger, more competitive prep athletes.

Using a no-nonsense lecture format and live drill demonstrations, legendary water polo coach Don Stoll, shares techniques for conditioning athletes, fostering camaraderie and creating a competitive spirit. There's a deliberate emphasis on having fun, which Stoll believes generates creativity and keeps athletes motivated through this intense boot camp experience .

Stoll breaks down his two-week boot camp on a marker board, giving you an opportunity to see how two-a-day practices are most effectively organized. Practice sessions begin with intense conditioning work followed by a team challenge.

Some of the challenges are familiar like Stoll's version of musical chairs while others are out-of-the box tactics developed over his incredible, successful 40-year career. A few of the challenges like the "tire flip" are based on "strong man competitions" while others like the underwater relay are adapted from movie stunts. Some are agility drills disguised as pure fun like the team egg toss.

Stoll's easy-to-follow advice and drills will help you develop teams that actually look forward to practice sessions.

36 minutes. 2011.

with Don Stoll,Head Coach El Toro CA High School,7xState Championships, 12x CIF Coach of the Year

In the follow-up to his incredible boot camp DVD, coaching great Don Stoll shares 60 drills and variations to ramp up your training plans for both the pre-season and the competitive season.

Stoll, who has coached his water polo teams to an incredible seven state championships, emphasizes preparedness in conditioning, passing and shooting abilities. He shares strategies for evaluating the 6-on-5 offense and 6-on-5 defense, which he believes are the keys to successful league play.

Using a classroom lecture format, Stoll breaks down practice sessions by days of the week and times of the day, showing how alternating conditioning work with drills builds tougher, more resilient athletes. He also includes a tapering scheme for the championship phase of the season.

The second-half of the DVD is spent at the pool where live demonstrators are used to show 60 different team drills. In addition to three- and four-drop drills, Stoll walks through three- and seven-man triangle passing drills and a full complement of maneuvers. Interspersed with detailed instructions are coaching insights gleaned from Stoll's amazing 40-year career.

Whether you're a novice or a veteran coach, this library of drills will serve as an invaluable resource as you plan your practices.

68 minutes. 2011.

with Don Stoll,Head Coach El Toro CA High School,7xState Championships, 12x CIF Coach of the Year

Legendary water polo coach Don Stoll shares his off-season program for skill development, strength training, and conditioning with an emphasis on individual drills and play development.

Stoll begins his presentation in the classroom where, backed by detailed whiteboard notes, he looks first at skill development and then at the competitive phase of the summer season.

During the first phase, Stoll puts his athletes through drill-based double workouts with no specific conditioning goals. He then outlines a strength-training program that focuses on heavy weights, stamina tests and strength tests. Consistent with every phase of his program, Stoll explains the importance of developing both a sense of fun and competition to keep young athletes motivated.

Stoll moves from the classroom to the pool where he teaches and coaches 18 different passing drills and 17 shooting drills. Gain insight into this su